Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra presents 'Beethovenfest' March 26
The concert will conclude Solisti’s 2022-2023 concert season.
ByObserver Staff
| 5:00 p.m. March 11, 2023
Violinist Susan Pitard Acree and pianist Michael Rickman. Photo courtesy of the Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra
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The Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra’s annual "Beethovenfest" concert on March 26 will celebrate Ludwig Van Beethoven with the first full-length orchestral piece the composer wrote, in 1789-1790 when he was 20: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19.
The performance will feature a transcription of the original orchestral accompaniment for string chamber orchestra.
The work will feature pianist Dr. Michael Rickman, an internationally acclaimed pianist and former professor at Stetson University, where he taught for 34 years before his retirement in 2017.
Violinist Olga Kolpakova, . Photo courtesy of the Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra
“Beethovenfest,” which concludes Solisti’s 2022-2023 concert season, also will include Beethoven’s Allegro Con Brio from String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 4; plus Romance in G Major for Violin, Op. 40; and Romance in F Major for Violin, Op. 50, both featuring violinist Olga Kolpakova, Daytona Solisti’s concertmaster.
The concert will take place at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 26 in the sanctuary of Lighthouse Christ Presbyterian Church, 1035 W. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach, where Solisti is in residence this season.
A $20 donation is requested at the door. For more information, call 386-562-5423 or go to daytonasolisti.com.
Daytona Solisti was founded in 2005 by violinist and music director Susan Pitard Acree.
